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trifling(n.)

"act or conduct of one who trifles, frivolous practice," late 14c., verbal noun from trifle (v.).

该词起源时间:14世纪末

trifling(adj.)

c. 1400, "cheating, feigning;" 1530s, "lacking depth or earnestness;" present-participle adjective from trifle (v.). In U.S. Southern colloquial, "good-for-nothing, worthless, low, mean." Triflous (c. 1500) also formerly was used.

该词起源时间:约1400年